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Investor/RT Tour ( more on Technical Indicators )
Candlestick Pattern Recognition ( more on CPR )
Engulfing Bearish
Engulfing Bullish

The Formula . . . 

. . .more on Formulas 

 
Engulfing Bullish

Color = White AND
Color.1 = Black AND
Shape = Long AND
Shape.1 = SMALL AND
OP < CL.1 AND
CL > OP.1

Engulfing Bearish

Color = Black AND
Color.1 = White AND
Shape = Long AND
Shape.1 = Small AND
OP >CL.1 AND
CL < OP.1

Candlestick Characteristics
The following candlestick characteristics are used to to determine if patterns are present.  Some patterns may only use one of these characteristics, while others may use several.
Color
Color is either White or Black.  Color is considered White for up candles (CL > OP) and Black for down candles (CL < OP).

Shape
Shape is either Long, Small, or Doji.  Shape is considered Long if the Body is larger than the average body size (of previous candles).  Shape is considered Doji if the body is less than EP% of the lowest body price, where EP is the Equal Percent option available in the CPR preferences which defaults to 0.50 but can be customized by the user.  In other words, it's Doji if:

ABS(CL - OP) < (EP/100) * MIN(CL, OP)

And the Shape is considered Small if the body is anywhere between Long and Doji.  The Shape will always be one of the three (Long, Small, Doji).

Top Shadow
Top Shadow can be either Long, Small, or Medium.  The Top Shadow may also be referred to as the Upper Wick.   The Top Shadow is Long if it is greater than body multiplied by LS (the Long Shadow setting in the CPR prefs).  The Top Shadow is Small if it is less than body multiplied by SS (the Small Shadow setting in the CPR prefs).  The Top Shadow is considered Medium anywhere in between.

Bottom Shadow
Bottom Shadow can be either Long, Small, or Medium.  The Bottom Shadow may also be referred to as the Lower Wick.   The Bottom Shadow is Long if it is greater than body multiplied by LS (the Long Shadow setting in the CPR prefs).  The Bottom Shadow is Small if it is less than body multiplied by SS (the Small Shadow setting in the CPR prefs).  The Bottom Shadow is considered Medium anywhere in between.

 
Notes . . .
These two Engulfing patterns are effected only by the "Equal Percent" (EP) setting in the CPR prefs.  Since the previous candle must have a "Small" Body (not Doji or Long), the smaller the EP value, the more likely the previous candle body is to be Small as opposed to Doji.  If you're not seeing as many patterns as you expect, try decreasing the Equal Percent value (to something like 0.01).

See Also: Candelstick Pattern Recognition Tour